Business Bay Dubai

Business Bay Competition by minus collective + Aecom

Project: Bluemoon Bay

Location: Dubai ,UAE.

Program: Residential ,Serviced Apartments,Hotel,Retail,F&B.

Scale: 320000 m2

Status: Competition

Concept : Located in Dubai the UAE, with an area of 320000 m2.The intention was to transform the prominent site along the canal into a community place where the residents and the visitors could interact at various levels while preserving the privacy of the 2 types. The master plan was driven by various factors such as the axis that link the site to its surrounding, the vistas to the canal, the public realm, and the phasing program for the developer. The program contains Residential units, serviced apartments, a boutique hotel and retail with F&B

Concept : The design addresses the issues of museum function as a storage space and challenges the site in order to create public spaces by moving part of the program below grade level. The spaces are organized with a systematic approach as a "journey" beginning below grade all the way to the roof deck .The architecture materializes from the ground as a series of terracing slabs that merge with the main building body creating a seamless relationship with its site .

Zhengzhou Kindergarten

Zhengzhou Kindergarten by Mohamad Ghamlouch @ minus collective.

Project: Zhengzhou Kindergarten

Location : ZhengZhou ,PRC.

Program : Classrooms ,Admin , Infirmary , kitchen ,Playground.

Scale : 3000 m2

Status : Concept Design Submission

Concept : The project is part of large residential Masterplan in ZhengZhou with a prime location on a major intersection. The concept reflects the continuous program between admin and classes and the way they wrap around independent courtyards .the classes are split into a lower learning area and an upper sleeping area creating a stepped building that merges with the landscape.

Times Center Xian

Xian Times Center by Mohamad Ghamlouch @ minus collective.

Project: Xian Times Center Lobby Space

Location: Xian ,PRC.

Program: Public Space Interior

Scale: 1500 m2

Status: Concept Design Submission

Concept : Part of the Times center in Xian (by SOM) the public lobby is designed as a transformative environment. The pattern was created using attractor points with 2 layers .first layer is laser cut metal sheets and the second layer is acrylic sheets backed with RGB lights that animates the space.

Wuhan Great Wall

Wuhan Great Wall by Mohamad Ghamlouch @ 10 Design

Project: Wuhan Great Wall

Location:Zhongbei road Wuhan city, PRC.

Program: Offices, Retail, entertainment, Hotel (phase 2).

Scale: 110,000 m2

Status: Built 2016

Concept: Wuhan great wall development is designed to engage the end users and public with an equal approach. By inverting the mall layout inside out and creating a series of ramp terraces that ranges from below street level to the podium roof level ,the public are able to access the project 24 hours regardless of the functioning hours of offices . The towers are envisioned as simple platonic geometry that emerge from a playful podium, one engages the urban landscape, and the other engages the public.

Fujian College

Fujian Collegeby Mohamad Ghamlouch @ 10 Design

Project: Fujian Professional Photonic Technical College

Location:Fujian city, PRC.

Program: Classes , Labs,Dorms,Offices,sports area, Library.

Scale: 524,000 m2

Status: Under Construction phase 1 expected 2017

Concept: The design is intended as an integrated part of the site’s nature and topography. The 2 converging rivers created the starting point for the master plan. Buildings blend with the surroundings and provide visual corridors to key points on site, both functional and natural. The MLP is designed for construction in 3 phases to accommodate 12000 students by 2017.

Concept: The design is not intended as a conventional library, instead it’s believed that with open source information systems, the library will transform into a meeting place. Thus was the idea of having multiple stacked spaces that double as performance spaces and reading area. The central vortex is a focal area for an interesting series of spaces for the community. The building section illustrates the attention for both an urban and internal connectivity. The various adjoining spaces spiral inward in celebrating how the library can become a community center for the neighborhood.

Concept:The master plan for a new 22,000 m2 commercial area on the turtle hill. The design is envisioned as an integrated part of nature and topography of the site due to the historical importance of the hill. The services are fully integrated in site under the hill, minimizing the impact on site. Green roof Buildings and planted facades to further integrate the project with the surrounding.

Chengdu Club House

Club House by Mohamad Ghamlouch @ minus collective

Project: Chengdu club house

Location:Chengdu city, PRC.

Program: Offices, show room, café, observation deck.

Scale: 3,000 m2

Status: Built 2015 .

Concept:The club house is part of a residential master plan at the outskirts of Chengdu city, the brief requires offices to be shared by both government and developer. The plan was designed around a central space where both department interweave while sharing visual corridors to the main lobby space. The façade was approached with a similar concept depending on the privacy of the office creating an alternate pattern

Kuala Lumpur MLP

KL Gateway by Mohamad Ghamlouch @ 10 Design

Project: Kuala Lumpur Grand Gateway

Location:Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Program: Offices, Retail, Residential, entertainment.

Scale: 288,000 m2

Status: Schematic Design Submitted.

Concept:KL Gateway is a peaceful green oasis mixed residential and retail development in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. The group of buildings create a courtyard that is the core of the project, where people can meet and interact. The ring binds the courtyard to a surrounding retail mall and becomes a gathering spot for the entire mixed use complex. The project is currently under construction expected completion (phase 1)2017.

Chengdu Grand Plaza

Grand Plaza by Mohamad Ghamlouch @ minus collective

Project: Chengdu Grand Plaza

Location:Chengdu City,PRC.

Program: Offices, Retail, entertainment.

Scale: 8,000 m2

Status: Schematic Design Submitted.

Concept:the building is envisioned as a flexible structure that can be rented out to various functions, such as offices, KTV, shops etc.... The idea was to create a system both programmatic and aesthetic that can be adaptive based on market requirements. The project is centered on a vast courtyard for gathering and public events. The project is currently being developed for construction.

Osaka MLP

Osaka MLP by Mohamad Ghamlouch @ minus collective + ocean cn

Project: Osaka MLP

Location: Umekita Osaka City,Japan.

Program: Offices, Retail, entertainment, residential.

Scale: 300,000 m2

Status: Competition Design Submitted.

Concept:The project is envisioned as a Distinctive Urbanism, predicated on the design of unique and memorable spatial experiences. Building typologies, and their heights and footprints, are adapted to a porous, pixelated organization of open space to massing, and are differentiated to various potential programmatic scenarios. Flows on site move between, under and through building mass. Through the systemic correlation of massing, program and landscape, the proposed scheme is integrated within the infrastructural systems both at grade and below ground, merging with the existing urban fabric.

Jinan Financial District

Jinan MLP by Mohamad Ghamlouch @ 10 Design

Project: Jinan Financial District Plot 1

Location: Jinan City,PRC.

Program: Offices, Retail, entertainment, hotel.

Scale: 630,000 m2

Status: Competition Design Submitted. First Prize.

Concept:The idea of the master plan is based on an axial approach between 3 plots that create a meeting and transitional space. Located at the end of the axis is a 220 m high tower that opens up at ground floor and create an atrium that stretches 30 floors up. The main program of the tower is Grade “A”. Tower 1 at plot A is designed with vistas and sustainability as main drivers. The project won first prize at the invited competition.

Singapore LRT

Singapore LRT by Mohamad Ghamlouch @ minus collective

Project: Singapore LRT

Location: Various, Singapore.

Program: Passenger terminal

Scale: Varies

Status: Concept Design Submitted.

Concept:This station is designed as an additive skin on the existing highway. The skin acts as a protection from natural weather and as an acoustic filter in the city .The platform’s skin reflects its program with two main escalators that links street level to platform .the envelope is designed of multiple optimized sections, making it economically viable and flexible. Altering panel opening angles accommodate ventilation and filter noise from inside the platform to its surrounding.

Erbil City Center

Erbil City Center by Mohamad Ghamlouch @ minus collective

Project: Erbil City Center

Location: Erbil, North Iraq.

Program: Offices, Retail, Residential, Entertainment, Hotel.

Scale: 220,000 m2

Status: Construction Documents Submitted.

Concept:Erbil city center is a mixed used project that consists of 2 office towers, a boutique hotel and a residential building .the podium consist of retail as well as entertainment and F&B .The architecture is inspired from local historical pattern and materials. The buildings are envisioned around an Arabic courtyard that creates a collective space and creates visual corridors and privacy for its various components.

My House Bar

My House by Mohamad Ghamlouch @ minus collective

Project: My House Bar

Location: Wan chai , Hong Kong .

Program: F&B ,Entertainment.

Scale: 200 m2

Status: Completed.

Concept:The design is an open plan concept around a central bar which allows us to separate the different components visually while keeping them integrated. The industrial feel of the space was achieved through the use of concrete flooring, raw timber and welded metal elements relating it to 80’s house music scene. The space features bespoke tables with integrated vinyl players, wine barrel themed bar tables and DJ booth as well as custom lighting system.

Shenzhen Towers

CNOOC by Mohamad Ghamlouch @ minus collective

Project: CNOOC Headquarters

Location: Shenzhen, PRC.

Program: Offices, Retail.

Scale: 110,000m2

Status: Design Concept Submitted.

Concept:The towers are designed as iconic fluid sculptures with sustainability in mind, the floor plan is skewed slightly to insure energy efficiency. the deep hanging slabs undulates along the façade and varies in depth based on solar gain .the façade protects the building while maintaining clear vistas from within.

Dubai Offices

Sharjah Tower by Mohamad Ghamlouch @ minus collective

Project: Sharjah Tower

Location: Sharjah, UAE.

Program: Offices, Retail.

Scale: 30,000m2

Status: Design Concept Submitted.

Concept: with a sea front location in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates the design was seen as an iconic sculpture at the harbor. The floor plates where optimized to add larger offices at the upper levels in order to increase value.As alternate to the limited height the building stands out through a modular system that self-shades and claim a presence in the city. The diagrid shaped panel is seen from a distance as diamond grains. The shimmering and rippling effect adds an aesthetic value to the structure.

Nike Concept

Nike Concept by Mohamad Ghamlouch @ minus collective

Project: Nike store

Location: Various, Hong Kong.

Program: Retail.

Scale: Varies.

Status: Design Concept Submitted.

Concept: The project revolves around the idea of adapting the flyknit system developed by Nike as a building material. The use of the woven fabric as a cladding material in Nike shops creates an immersive feel into the technology developed in their labs, the system can be removed and updated with every new iteration .

Bet

"Bet" From the Phoenician alphabet means home . a concept for a Mediterranean restaurant in the heart of Hong Kong .the design was inspired from the simple white Greek white houses with smooth corners and blue shutters that are reflected in the furniture colors .the design was intended to maximize the seat layout and provide a modern warm feeling to its clientele.total area of the space is 650 sqft .